Bamboo Plant Care: How to Grow and Care for Bamboo
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The Bamboo Plant Care book discusses everything you need to know about growing and caring for Bamboo.
Learn about the bamboo plant types, growing bamboo plants, bamboo care, indoor bamboo, growing bamboo indoors, clumping bamboo, transplanting bamboo, bamboo seeds, and even popular bamboo crafts such as flooring, fencing, blinds and much more.
If you have ever wanted to grow this beautiful and useful plant yourself, you really need to purchase this Book which tells you everything you need to know about its uses and benefits, as well as how to grow and care for it. It has been described by many as the Bible of Bamboo Plant Care.
Some additional topics covered in the book are as follows:
How to choose the right Bamboo type
The difference between running and clumping bamboo and their benefits
How and when to plant the different species of bamboo!
Best propagation method for different types of bamboo plants!
How to grow bamboo indoors!
What the various parts of the bamboo plant can be used for!
How to care for bamboo plants!
How bamboo can benefit you!
How to use bamboo for decorative purposes like landscape gardening
How to easily create a windbreaker or privacy hedge using bamboo!
The benefits of bamboo to the environment!
The best types of indoor bamboo to grow in offices and homes!
When to prune your bamboo plant!
What heights the various varieties of bamboo grow to!
The Bamboo Plant Care Book gently guides you through the process of where to buy the plant, the advantages of the different ways of growing it; from growing to seeds to splitting the culms, and even the advantages and disadvantages of using running versus clumping bamboo.
Then you learn exactly how to plant the bamboo. Many people feel worried about how much water to give it, but The Bamboo Plant Care Book reassures you and guides you through the entire process so that all your worries and questions are addressed!
Many people ask how on earth they can choose the perfect bamboo for them, given how many varieties there are. The Bamboo Plant Care Book has all the information you need, regardless of what you want to do with your bamboo!
A common misconception is that bamboo will only grow in wet areas but this myth is exploded by this book which shows you that Bamboo will, in fact, grow anywhere - even in a bucket inside your house!
People have long feared that Bamboo is simply too difficult to grow in areas where it is not found naturally, but The Bamboo Plant Care Book will show you how you can grow Bamboo in most areas, whether naturally dry or wet.
The book won't leave a single stone unturned!
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Bamboo Plant Care - Green Initiatives
YOUR GUIDE TO GROWING, CARING AND UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING ABOUT BAMBOO
-Plant, nurture and watch your own bamboo grow!
By Renaldo Mirambil - Green Initiative
Smashwords Edition
Copyright © Renaldo Mirambil - Green Initiative
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TYPES OF BAMBOO
BENEFITS AND USES
Screens and hedges
PLANTING AND GROWING
Propagation Methods - Seeds
Cloning
Propagation Via Rhizome
Culm Cutting
HOW TO GROW BAMBOO
Common Problems with Bamboo
Where to Put The Bamboo
TOPIARY
BAMBOO USE IN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
BAMBOO USED IN HORTICULTURE, LANDSCAPING AND GARDENING
ECONOMICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
WHAT TYPE OF BAMBOO IS GOOD FOR WHICH PURPOSE
HARVESTING
PLANTING AND CARE
HARVESTING FOR BIOMASS
INTRODUCTION
Would it surprise you if I told you that Bamboo is one of the most versatile plants you can find? It has been used by man for thousands of years, is prevalent in areas such as Africa and South East Asia, yet many of us today are ignorant about how many uses it has.
Although it looks like wood, bamboo is a grass which commonly grows in Asia and China though, as you will see, it is a very adaptable plant which will grow pretty much anywhere, given the right conditions. It is very hard and almost impossible to destroy - in fact, one of the few things which can cause a bamboo to die is when it flowers (it takes up to 2 years to complete the flowering process) and many bamboo plants die from this! There are countless varieties - we know of over 600 clumping varieties at the moment and more are discovered all the time. It is believed that there are currently over 1,600 varieties of bamboo growing throughout the world.
The beauty of this grass is that in a society where man is cutting down trees faster than new ones can grow, we are in danger of running out of wood to use for carpentry and making tools etc. Because bamboo can grow so fast and is so versatile, we can use it in place of wood - and it has the advantage that it is a source we will never run out of because it grows so fast. In fact, in many ways it is MORE useful than wood because it can be molded to the shape you want, whereas wood has to be cut to shape and cannot be manipulated, and it is very strong. It is a common sight to see the grass bending with the wind, sometimes almost bent double, and yet it never breaks!
Interestingly, almost the whole grass can be used for different things - Pandas especially love to eat the bamboo shoots. Because it is so strong it can be used, not only to make seats and tables, but it can be adapted to make a roof, kites and even paper, amongst other things. Different parts of the bamboo are used for different jobs.
It is important to note that there are many different types of bamboo such as woody and temperate bamboo, and not forgetting the fargesia rufa which originates from China. I will give you more information on the different uses for the various types of bamboo a little later in this book.
The two main types of bamboo are clumping and running - the clumping type is particularly adaptable and lends itself to countless uses. The running bamboo grows in all climates and is almost impossible to destroy because it is so hardy and grows so fast. Don’t be surprised if you find your bamboo has grown to its full height within 12 weeks. This type often takes over the area where it is growing which makes it difficult to control. A major disadvantage of running bamboo is that it is much more brittle so it is not as useful as clumping bamboo.
When you look at a bamboo stem you notice that it is only very thin, at most a couple of